This training will educate attendees on how to use the eProject Builder (ePB) greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation tool to develop estimates of project GHG emissions, and to compare different project scenarios' potential GHG emissions impacts. This tool provides federal agencies with a straightforward, user-friendly way to estimate the annual GHG emissions impacts of proposed projects, incorporating the estimated project energy savings and information from EPA's Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGrid). Participants will learn which data inputs are required and how to complete the ePB data template inputs to develop the GHG calculations. They will also learn how to enter savings for various energy and fuel types, and how those entries impact Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions impacts.
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) recently released the new GHG calculation tool in the ePB project data template. This tool was developed to support federal agencies' need to report GHG impacts of energy projects, and decarbonize the energy use of their buildings and meet several federal mandates and targets, including helping to meet the net-zero emissions goals of Executive Order 14057 (Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability).
ESPC, UESC, and Appropriations Project Development
This curriculum offers courses related to financing the implementation of energy and water efficiency projects. These courses help to pair available project financing options with specific project situations in an effort to prevent stalled, unfunded projects.